Question

A government passes a law increasing taxes on banks. Two days later, there are several bank robberies. A politician who opposed the taxes claims that the new law is causing bank robberies. Why is the politician's argument not very convincing?

Answer 1

Taxes are not really related to bank robberies. They are two events that just happened to occur at the same time. There is no concrete evidence showing WHY the new law would have anything to do with bank robberies occurring.